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Tuesday, October 21, 2014

Post 500 Was Sunday! So Here's 501: 11 Visual Search Engines

I missed it; my 500th post was on Sunday, and I didn't send up the fireworks. So, without further ado...here is post 501.Google is usually the first place students and teachers turn to when they are looking for images. But there are many other ways to search the web while making the experience a visual one. Many of the searches are for images only. See if any of these interest your students:Boolify- teaches students proper search techniquesCamFind- visual search engine for Android phonesCompfight- search for photos, either commercial or Creative CommonsEvi- search online or use the mobile app for iPhone or AndroidGoogle Images- choose the size, color, type, usage rights and moreGuided Search (Pinterest) for iPhone and AndroidInstaGrok- interactive concept mapMUFIN- (Multi Feature Indexing Network) search 100 million Flickr imagesQuintura Kids- simple search for kidsSpezify- search online or with your iPhoneTinEye Reverse Image Search- "finds out where an image came from, how it is being used, if modified versions of the image exist, or if there is a higher resolution version."